# Incident 20210326014569I: Beech B200, Valdosta, GA, March 26, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2021, 11:07 local time
- Place: Valdosta, GA
- Airport: Valdosta Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 5TNA
- Location: 30.7815° N, 83.2760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALDOSTA RGNL (VLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7815&lon=-83.2760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43TA-2025-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210326014569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON  MARCH 26, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:07AM EDT. , N43TA, A BEECHCRAFT B200 OPERATED UNDER FAR 135 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURBULENCE WHILE ENROUTE, TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FROM BLUE GRASS AIRPORT (KLEX) IN LEXINGTON, KY. TO NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KAPF), IN NAPLES, FL. RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO ONE PASSENGER.

OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRPLANE INCLUDED 1 PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS, ALL THREE WERE SEATED WITH SEATBELTS ON DURING THE ENCOUNTER WITH SEVERE TURBULENCE. AS A RESULT OF THE TURBULENCE, THE SEATED MALE PASSENGER RECEIVED A MINOR INJURIES WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE INSTALLED ?EYE-BALL? TYPE AIR GASPER VENT LOCATED ABOVE HIS SEAT.

THE PILOT COORDINATED WITH ATC AND DIVERTED TO VALDOSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KVLD), VALDOSTA, GA. TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THE INJURED PASSENGER. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE STANDING BY AT KVLD WHEN N43TA LANDED. THE INJURED PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT TO INCLUDE 7 STAPLES TO CLOSE THE LACERATION ON HIS HEAD. THE PASSENGER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND MEDICALLY CLEARED TO FLY. THE PASSENGERS ELECTED TO RETURN TO KLEX. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PROVIDED A DIFFERENT AIRPLANE TO RETURN THE PASSENGER TO KLEX.

A TEAM FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF N43TA WITH NO DAMAGE FOUND PRIOR TO THE AIRPLANE BEING FLOWN BACK TO KLEX.

## Other reports on N43TA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20250119001919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250119001919I), Jan 19, 2025: Beech B200 (N43TA), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. At 20:23ET, [privacy data omitted]departed bna enroute to bva on a part 135 on-demand operated by [privacy data omitted] at approxmitely 21:20ET [privacy data…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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